Buckle



R..- W. OWEN.

B UOKLE. No. 300,727. Patented June 1'7, 1884.

WITNESSES: INVE TOR, 2- ww ATTORNEYS.

, frame, and a the tongue-bar.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD W. OWEN,OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.=

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,727, dated June 17,1884. Application filed May 11, 1683. Renew d May 21, 1884. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD W. OWEN, ofChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Buckles; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention relates to buckles; and it consists in certain details ofconstruction and arrangement of the several parts, as will behereinafter more fully set forth in the specification, and pointed outin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation ofthe buckle and strap closed; Fig. 2, a front elevation of the buckle andstrap, the tongue-plate being opened; Fig. 3, aside elevation of thebuckle; Fig. 4, a section on the line on m, Fig. 3; and Fig. 5, a detailsectional view of the buckleframe.

In the drawings, A represents the buckle- This bar a is placed below thelower surface of the frame A, as indicated in Fig. 4. The strap-bar b isin the same plane and parallel with the bar a. The tongue side offraineA is grooved, as at e,

. Fig. 4, the under edge forming a lip, d. The

free action between the tongue and frame A.

The outer side or edge of the tongue-plate is serrated, as shown in Fig.2, but not sharply enough to cut the material of the strap or band B.The tongue-plate is ofsufficientwidth to enter the groove 6 and rest onthe lip d. The groove is of sufficient depth and width to allow thestrap B to be forced into it by the ton gue-plate, and yet afford roomfor the strap between the edge of the groove and tongueplate when thestrap is buckled, thus causing the strap,when buckled, to lie below theupper surface of the frame A. The position of the tongue-plate,tongue-bar, and lower edge of the groove 6 is such that the tongue-plateis constantly forcing the strap into the groove in the operation ofbuckling. I may also serrate the groove 6, as shown at g, Fig. 5, sothat the serrations on the tongue-plate may engage with those in thegroove, and firmly hold the strap B.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In a buckle, thecombination,with the frame I

